Today, 21st March 2019, marks World Poetry Day.
I know plenty of people are put off poetry by memories of school, because the beauty of the poem often gets lost in the analysis. They decide that poetry is not for them and never look at another poem again.
If you are one of these people, do not despair! Somewhere out there is a poet whose work will speak to you and will have something to say that will resonate with your emotions - be they happy or sad, angry or calm. There really is something for everyone.
Personally, I love a bit of poetry and have lots of favourites that I like to go back to again and again.
I am fond of a bit of "olde worlde" language, such as a Shakespearean sonnet, but poetry is such a vast genre that it really does not matter if that is not your thing.
Why not try something contemporary instead, or maybe even a spoken word poet, such as Kate Tempest or John Cooper Clark.
The World is your oyster as Mr Shakespeare would say!
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